155. St. Petersburg Parks #8 - Park Pobedy
Park Pobedy (also known as Moscow Victory Park) is a large green space on the east side of Moskovskaya Ulitsa, the main north/south avenue on the south side of the city. The park is located to the north of Moskovskaya Ploshchad. Even though the park is relatively far south, it's easy to access as the Park Pobedy Metro station takes you directly to its western edge.
The area contains several lakes and a small amusement park. It's apparently a popular location for ice skating in the winter and walking or cycling in the summer. The Saint Petersburg Sports and Concert Complex stadium sits on the east side of the park. The lineup of events here includes sporting events, trade shows, and concerts by western rock bands. I have not personally attended any of them, but there have been a few concerts that seemed interesting (e.g., Depeche Mode).
The Park was created in the years following the Great Patriotic War to mark the victory of Russia and the Allied Powers over Nazi Germany. The numerous memorials to this era make this meaning clear. The park now contains a "gallery of heroes", with bronze statues of roughly a dozen individuals from the Great Patriotic War who were awarded two or more times the designations Hero of the Soviet Union and Hero of Socialist Labor. The statue in the center of this lane is of Marshal Georgy Zhukov, who was the top military commander in the City during the start of the Siege of Leningrad in 1941. The park contains several lakes, at least some of which are man-made and were apparently created during the Siege when fortified positions were excavated to defend against the Nazi artillery at the front lines just a few kilometers further south. Apparently, a brick factory was located here during the early twentieth century, which was used during the Siege to cremate many of its victims. An Orthodox chapel is now located to mark the former location of this factory.
The area contains several lakes and a small amusement park. It's apparently a popular location for ice skating in the winter and walking or cycling in the summer. The Saint Petersburg Sports and Concert Complex stadium sits on the east side of the park. The lineup of events here includes sporting events, trade shows, and concerts by western rock bands. I have not personally attended any of them, but there have been a few concerts that seemed interesting (e.g., Depeche Mode).
The Park was created in the years following the Great Patriotic War to mark the victory of Russia and the Allied Powers over Nazi Germany. The numerous memorials to this era make this meaning clear. The park now contains a "gallery of heroes", with bronze statues of roughly a dozen individuals from the Great Patriotic War who were awarded two or more times the designations Hero of the Soviet Union and Hero of Socialist Labor. The statue in the center of this lane is of Marshal Georgy Zhukov, who was the top military commander in the City during the start of the Siege of Leningrad in 1941. The park contains several lakes, at least some of which are man-made and were apparently created during the Siege when fortified positions were excavated to defend against the Nazi artillery at the front lines just a few kilometers further south. Apparently, a brick factory was located here during the early twentieth century, which was used during the Siege to cremate many of its victims. An Orthodox chapel is now located to mark the former location of this factory.
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